By The East African
The South Sudan government has declared a state of emergency in 27 flood-affected areas.
The presidency said that the state of emergency was to allow humanitarian organisations access people in the affected areas.
French medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) estimates about 900,000 people have been affected by the heavy rains across the country since July.
In Pibor, one of the worst affected areas in the eastern region, roads have been cut off and bridges swept away, rendering them inaccessible.
With poor sanitation, there are fears of cholera and other waterborne diseases breaking out.
“The space is increasingly congested, thick with mud, has no latrines and just one functioning borehole. Some people are left with no alternative but to drink from the same open and contaminated water sources as they are washing in,” MSF said in a statement on Thursday. Read more>>
